1955 Detroit Tigers

79-75 • 0.513 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
75 Losses
0.513 Win %
5th Rank
775 R 658 RA
Diff +117

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⚡ Quick Stats

775 Runs Scored
658 Runs Allowed
+117 Run Diff
1,178K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 3% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .345 3% above the 1955 league average (.334)
SLG .340 4% above the 1955 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.79 4% better than the 1955 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 775 13% above the 1955 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,178,828
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Avg per Game 15,309

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Al Kaline 0.340 2 Jack Phillips 0.316 3 Harvey Kuenn 0.306 4 Ray Boone 0.284 5 Earl Torgeson 0.283

Home Runs

1 Al Kaline 27 2 Ray Boone 20 3 Frank House 15 4 Bill Tuttle 14 5 Jim Delsing 10

RBI

1 Ray Boone 116 2 Al Kaline 102 3 Bill Tuttle 78 4 Harvey Kuenn 62 5 Jim Delsing 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Harvey Kuenn 145 620 101 190 0 0 8 62 40 27 8 0.306
Bill Tuttle 154 603 102 168 0 0 14 78 76 54 6 0.279
Al Kaline 152 588 121 200 0 0 27 102 82 57 6 0.340
Ray Boone 135 500 61 142 0 0 20 116 50 49 1 0.284
Fred Hatfield 122 413 51 96 0 0 8 33 61 49 3 0.232
Jim Delsing 114 356 49 85 0 0 10 60 48 40 2 0.239
Frank House 102 328 37 85 0 0 15 53 22 25 0 0.259
Earl Torgeson 89 300 58 85 0 0 9 50 61 29 9 0.283
Red Wilson 78 241 26 53 0 0 2 17 26 23 1 0.220
Harry Malmberg 67 208 25 45 0 0 0 19 29 19 0 0.216
Bubba Phillips 95 184 18 43 0 0 3 23 14 20 2 0.234
Ferris Fain 58 140 23 37 0 0 2 23 52 12 2 0.264
Jack Phillips 55 117 15 37 0 0 1 20 10 12 0 0.316
Charlie Maxwell 55 109 19 29 0 0 7 18 8 20 0 0.266
Billy Hoeft 36 82 9 17 0 0 0 4 10 25 0 0.207
Frank Lary 36 82 4 16 0 0 0 2 4 29 0 0.195
Ned Garver 33 76 11 17 0 0 1 13 9 5 1 0.224
Reno Bertoia 38 68 13 14 0 0 1 10 5 11 0 0.206
Jay Porter 24 55 6 13 0 0 0 3 8 15 0 0.236
Steve Gromek 28 54 10 9 0 0 0 5 16 12 0 0.167
Duke Maas 18 30 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 0.167
Chick King 7 21 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.238
Babe Birrer 36 19 3 3 0 0 2 6 2 4 0 0.158
Al Aber 39 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.059
Jim Bunning 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.200
Paul Foytack 22 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.091
Bob Miller 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.222
Leo Cristante 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Bud Black 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Joe Coleman 17 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.750
Dick Marlowe 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jim Small 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Walt Streuli 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.250
George Zuverink 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wayne Belardi 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ben Flowers 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Samford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bud Souchock 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Van Fletcher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Bill Froats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Schultz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Billy Hoeft 2.99 2 Frank Lary 3.10 3 Leo Cristante 3.19 4 Al Aber 3.38 5 Ned Garver 3.98

Wins

1 Billy Hoeft 16 2 Frank Lary 14 3 Steve Gromek 13 4 Ned Garver 12 5 Al Aber 6

Strikeouts

1 Billy Hoeft 133 2 Frank Lary 98 3 Ned Garver 83 4 Steve Gromek 73 5 Duke Maas 42
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Frank Lary 14 15 3.10 36 31 1 235.0 89 98
Ned Garver 12 16 3.98 33 32 0 230.2 67 83
Billy Hoeft 16 7 2.99 32 29 0 220.0 75 133
Steve Gromek 13 10 3.98 28 25 0 181.0 37 73
Duke Maas 5 6 4.88 18 16 0 86.2 50 42
Babe Birrer 4 3 4.15 36 3 3 80.1 29 28
Al Aber 6 3 3.38 39 1 3 80.0 28 37
Jim Bunning 3 5 6.35 15 8 1 51.0 32 37
Paul Foytack 0 1 5.26 22 1 0 49.2 36 38
Leo Cristante 0 1 3.19 20 1 0 36.2 14 9
George Zuverink 0 5 6.99 14 1 0 28.1 14 13
Joe Coleman 2 1 3.20 17 0 3 25.1 14 5
Bob Miller 2 1 2.49 7 3 0 25.1 12 11
Dick Marlowe 1 0 1.80 4 1 1 15.0 4 9
Bud Black 1 1 1.29 3 2 0 14.0 8 7
Van Fletcher 0 0 3.00 9 0 0 12.0 2 4
Ben Flowers 0 0 6.00 4 0 0 6.0 2 2
Bill Froats 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0
Bob Schultz 0 0 20.25 1 0 0 1.1 2 0

👥 Roster (41)

Al Aber Wayne Belardi Reno Bertoia Babe Birrer Bud Black Ray Boone Jim Bunning Joe Coleman Leo Cristante Jim Delsing Ferris Fain Van Fletcher +29 more

41 players

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